Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
13 February 2012 - 12:31 am NZ time
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Country Life
with Carol Stiles & Dempsey Woodley
Friday 9pm and Saturday 7am
Audio from Friday 12 March 2010
Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.
- 21:05 Intro and Regional Wrap
Far North farmer Ian Walker talks about conditions on his farm. And, at the top of the South Island it's as dry as-a-bone but further south rain has brought with it a winter chill. (11′41″)
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- 21:14 Charged up
Christchurch based researcher Nick Haslett is investigating how yeast placed in a microbial fuel cell can break down organic waste in water and at the same time generate electricity; a process that could prove useful on farms. (7′46″)
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- 21:21 Living Between the Lines - Sallie's Memories (part one)
Episode one of a new 8-part series about rural life seen through the eyes of a young farmers daughter from Murchison in the 1930's, based on Sara Newman's book of the same name. Read by Yvonne Martin and produced by Cosmo Kentish-Barnes. The music is from the Radio New Zealand Sound Archives recorded by the peacetime mobile unit of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service. (9′19″)
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- 21:29 Sheep and scones - A New Zealand farm tour
Cosmo Kentish-Barnes joins a group of cruise ship tourists who embark in Akaroa to do the Paua Bay Farm Tour run by sheep farmer's Murray and Sue Johns. (21′53″)
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(Top left) Sue Johns, Murray Johns, Neal Aldridge, Linda Aldridge and Will Johns on the balcony of the homestead at Paua Bay. (Top right) Murray Johns showing tourists from the cruise ship how to shear. (Bottom left) The art of drafting. (Bottom right) A cruise ship in Akaroa harbour.
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Carol Stiles
Susan Murray
Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
Duncan Smith
Produced by Carol Stiles, Susan Murray and Cosmo Kentish-Barnes
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